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Partnerships
The core strength of the Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis lies in its ability to bring together various partners in the quest to eliminate lymphatic filariasis. Each partner joins with a different mandate and all share a common goal: to create a future free of lymphatic filariasis. With more than forty partners already, the growing Global Alliance benefits from a broad and deep experience of health, development, and philanthropic experience.
Endemic countries lead the Global Alliance by implementing the strategy, identifying operational research needs, and monitoring and evaluating progress.
- National Ministries of Health of the 83 endemic countries
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International Organisations provide expertise to support national programmes in preparing national plans, mapping disease distribution, training health personnel both in drug distribution and disability prevention and control activities, social mobilization, and monitoring and evaluation.
Private Sector companies provide supplies and drugs, free or at-cost, for mass drug administration campaigns, promote advocacy, support academia and facilitate programme development.
International Development Agencies and Foundations have pledged funds to support the implementation of national LF elimination programmes.
- Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD), Kuwait
- Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), Australia
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, United States of America
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, USA
- Department for International Development (DFID), UK
- Izumi Foundation, USA
- Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Japan
- Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan
- United States Agency for International Development (USAID), USA
Non-governmental development organisations complement the efforts of the national Ministries of Health in implementing different components of the programmes within their specific competence and scope.
- Amaury Couthino, Brazil
- Catholic Medical Mission Board, USA
- Handicap International, France
- Health and Development International (HDI), Norway
- Helen Keller International, USA
- Interchurch Medical Assistance (IMA), USA
- International Foundation for Dermatology, UK
- International Skin Care Nursing Group, UK
- International Volunteers in Urology, USA
- LEPRA, United Kingdom
- The Carter Center, Atlanta, USA
- The Mectizan® Donation Program, USA
Academic and research institutions strengthen the scientific basis, test new tools and strategies, provide postgraduate human capacity development and carry out operational research
- Ain Shams University, Egypt
- Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Germany
- Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine, China
- Danish Bilharziasis Laboratory (DBL), Denmark
- Institute for Medical Research (IMR), Malaysia
- James Cook University, Australia
- Lymphatic Filariasis Support Center, The Task Force for Child Survival and Development, USA
- Lymphatic Filariasis Support Centre, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK
- Michigan State University, USA
- Notre Dame University, USA
- Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil
- Vector Control Research Centre (VCRC), Indian Council of Medical Research, India
- Washington University in St. Louis - Barnes-Jewish Hospital, USA
- Smith College, Northampton Massachusetts
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